What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?

The highest recorded value was 32.71 million in 2004.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?

The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million in 1965.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Central Europe and the Baltics?

Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Central Europe and the Baltics data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Central Europe and the Baltics: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 15.39 million in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

15.39 million

Change on year

down 5.5%

All-time high

32.71 million

in 2004

All-time low

1.62 million

in 1965

Years of data

1965–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics, 1965–2022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Analysis

Central Europe and the Baltics recorded 15.39 million for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2022.

That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics peaked at 32.71 million in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million, in 1965.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.62 million	1.62 million	1.62 million	5
1970s	3.83 million	2.45 million	7.59 million	10
1980s	10.42 million	8.10 million	13.00 million	10
1990s	21.06 million	14.13 million	30.73 million	10
2000s	30.78 million	26.84 million	32.71 million	10
2010s	23.04 million	18.59 million	25.77 million	10
2020s	16.38 million	15.39 million	17.47 million	3

More infrastructure data for Central Europe and the Baltics

Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.73 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 124.68 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 130.27 million (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 76.25 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 525,652 (2023)
Air transport, freight 496.22 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 250.21 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2,500 cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 19.6% (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 63.1% (2022)

All data for Central Europe and the Baltics →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics was 15.39 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?: The highest recorded value was 32.71 million in 2004.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Central Europe and the Baltics?: The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million in 1965.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Central Europe and the Baltics?: Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Central Europe and the Baltics data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.